Supplement recall expanded due to toxic yellow oleander in products

World Green Nutrition, Inc is expanding its April 3, 2024 recall to include more lot numbers of the products Green Elv Nutrition brand Elv Control Herbal Supplement 90 capsules and Elv Alipotec brand Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) Net. Wt., 0.3 0z (7g), due to the presence of yellow oleander in the products.

The yellow oleander is a poisonous plant native to Mexico and Central America. The consumption of yellow oleander can cause adverse effects on neurological, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular health, which can be serious or even fatal. Symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, heart changes, arrhythmias, and more.

The ELV Control Herbal Supplement and Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) products that were recalled were intended to be sold through authorized distributors and not through e-commerce platforms or in physical stores. However, these products may have been purchased and further distributed through e-commerce platforms and/or physical stores.

To make it easier to identify the ELV Control Herbal Supplement product in question, it is noted that it comes in a white packaging with a blue lid; and is marked with the following information:

To more easily identify the Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) product in question, it is noted that it comes in a white polyethylene container with a green polypropylene lid; heat shrinkable PET-G material label and is marked with the following information:

At the time this recall was issued, the company has not received any reports of illness associated with the consumption of this product. However, the market recall began after the Food and Drug Administration determined it contained yellow oleander.

Consumers should stop consuming the recalled products. Consumers who purchased the recalled lots of ELV Control Herbal Supplement and Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) may return them to the place of purchase to exchange them for another product manufactured by the company is marketed, or throw away the products.

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